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First version of my badges page is up! seirdy.one/meta/badges/

lmk if your site has a badge that you want included. no guarantees.

in reply to Seirdy

Since this isn’t 1999 I scaled them up by 2x with pixelated (nearest-neughbor) rendering using CSS so you can actually read them.
in reply to Seirdy

psst…you should make an 88x31 badge for your personal site.
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in reply to Seirdy

One thing I learned when making an 88x31 badges page: it is actually a really good example of one of the few times you should keep #AltText generally short.

When you have dozens of tiny badges on a page, it should be easy to skim them the same way it is for a sighted user. It shouldn’t take an hour to finish reading the page.

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in reply to Seirdy

perhaps one or two exceptionally detailed badges would warrant an aria-describedby (or aria-details :xenia_think:) attribute though. I might add one to @tastytea@very.tastytea.de’s badge
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in reply to Seirdy

Curious for your thoughts: would they need alt text more than just the site they link to/the text on them?
in reply to Orangestar

@orangestar depends. Usually it should visually describe the image but on a page with dozens of badges it could be fine to cut some corners.
in reply to Seirdy

How the hell did we settle on 88x31 for these things? It's a weird size.

(I have a lot of them on my site, though!)

in reply to Space Catitude 🚀

NetScape made a badge for “NetScape Now” which was remixed and parodied. It’s why so many use NetScape colors.

As to why NetScape chose this size, I have no idea.

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in reply to Athena L.M.

The pixels will look twice as small as other badges on any badge-collection page. I suggest going all the way with an SVG (c.f. my Creative Commons badge which has an SVG with PNG fallback for clearnet users) or embracing the pixel-art-look of 88x31.
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in reply to Seirdy

yea but I have neither artistic skills nor any idea for a logo other than my already existing profile picture which doesn't seem like it would downsample well
in reply to Athena L.M.

@alilly Hmm. Maybe your name with your favorite font and background that samples colors from your avatar? I’ll see if I can whip something together. Do you have a font preference?
in reply to Seirdy

Earnest shitpost submission:

Alt: The phrase "badge badge" rendered in the pixelated style of a Windows 95 button.

in reply to Eric

@eric when i read this i immediately thought “Costco Wholesale” idk why
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